Law & Justice Top Stories
By KENNETH SIMMONS
August 25, 2025
ELIZABETH, NJ – A Piscataway man has been sentenced to 25 years in state prison for the 2023 fatal shooting of a Bridgewater resident in Elizabeth, the Union County Prosecutor’s Office announced Monday.Union County Superior Court Judge Candido Rodriguez Jr. sentenced 25-year-old Maurice Pierce to ...
ELIZABETH, NJ – A Piscataway man has been sentenced to 25 years in state prison for the 2023 fatal shooting of a Bridgewater resident in Elizabeth, the Union County Prosecutor’s Office announced Monday.Union County Superior Court Judge Candido Rodriguez Jr. sentenced 25-year-old Maurice Pierce to ...
MORRIS COUNTY, NJ — Schools will soon open and that means drivers need to be aware of laws regarding school buses. Drivers are reminded that even if they do not see school students, driving by a stopped school bus and ignoring its flashing red lights is illegal, and can turn deadly. According to ...
MORRIS COUNTY, NJ — Schools will soon open and that means drivers need to be aware of laws regarding school buses. Drivers are reminded that even if they do not see school students, driving by a stopped school bus and ignoring its flashing red lights is illegal, and can turn deadly. According to ...
MORRIS COUNTY, NJ — Schools will soon open and that means drivers need to be aware of laws regarding school buses. Drivers are reminded that even if they do not see school students, driving by a stopped school bus and ignoring its flashing red lights is illegal, and can turn deadly. According to ...
SOMERVILLE, N.J. - A 38-year-old Dunellen man faces multiple drug charges after detectives and police from Middlesex and Somerset counties raided his North Avenue home following a three-month investigation and seized a weapon and quantities of heroin and cocaine with a street value of $223,350, ...
SOMERVILLE, N.J. - A 38-year-old Dunellen man faces multiple drug charges after detectives and police from Middlesex and Somerset counties raided his North Avenue home following a three-month investigation and seized a weapon and quantities of heroin and cocaine with a street value of $223,350, ...
BELMAR, NJ – One year ago this week, on August 20, 2024, a simple beach-badge check on the Belmar beachfront escalated into an arrest that drew national attention. The encounter involved 28-year-old surfer Liam Mahoney and Belmar Police Officer Ryan Braswell. Body-camera video later released by the ...
BELMAR, NJ – One year ago this week, on August 20, 2024, a simple beach-badge check on the Belmar beachfront escalated into an arrest that drew national attention.The encounter involved 28-year-old surfer Liam Mahoney and Belmar Police Officer Ryan Braswell. Body-camera video later released by the ...
NEW JERSEY – Tired of annoying spam phone calls? Does it feel like they are happening more and more often? If the answer is yes, you have good reason to feel that way.A new study by ranks New Jersey as No. 7 among the 50 states for spam phone calls. According to research by Kasinohai, New Jersey ...
ELIZABETH, NJ - A Union County jury has found a Newark man guilty for a homicide that occurred in Elizabeth in 2021. On Friday, August 15, 28-year-old Jefferson Louis was found guilty of first-degree murder, second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, and second-degree possession of a firearm ...
BELMAR, NJ – One year ago this week, on August 20, 2024, a simple beach-badge check on the Belmar beachfront escalated into an arrest that drew national attention. The encounter involved 28-year-old surfer Liam Mahoney and Belmar Police Officer Ryan Braswell. Body-camera video later released by the ...
BELMAR, NJ – One year ago this week, on August 20, 2024, a simple beach-badge check on the Belmar beachfront escalated into an arrest that drew national attention. The encounter involved 28-year-old surfer Liam Mahoney and Belmar Police Officer Ryan Braswell. Body-camera video later released by the ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ – The man convicted of murdering Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour in 2023 will be spending his life behind bars.In June, a jury found Rashid Ali Bynum guilty of shooting and killing Eunice Dwumfour two years ago in her car at the La Mer townhouse community in Sayreville. He was sentenced ...
PATERSON, NJ - Alvin Mootoo, 53, of Orlando, Florida, was sentenced to nine years in New Jersey State Prison for a fatal motor vehicle crash in Paterson, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes announced Thursday.As previously reported, Mootoo was arrested on Jan. 2, 2019, following an ...
TRENTON, NJ - A two-month investigation into cocaine distribution in Trenton led to three arrests and the seizure of approximately $30,000 in drugs, Mercer County Prosecutor Janetta Marbrey announced. According to a statement, Okeeno Fagan, 36, was arrested on Aug. 20, 2025, following an ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ – The man convicted of murdering Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour in 2023 will be spending his life behind bars.In June, a jury found Rashid Ali Bynum guilty of shooting and killing Eunice Dwumfour two years ago in her car at the La Mer townhouse community in Sayreville. He was sentenced ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ – The man convicted of murdering Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour in 2023 will be spending his life behind bars.In June, a jury found Rashid Ali Bynum guilty of shooting and killing Eunice Dwumfour two years ago in her car at the La Mer townhouse community in Sayreville. He was sentenced ...
PATERSON, NJ - A targeted investigation by the Passaic County Sheriff’s Office Bureau of Narcotics led to the arrest of two individuals and the recovery of a loaded firearm on Monday, Aug. 18, Passaic County Sheriff Thomas Adamo announced.According to a statement, detectives established ...
PARSIPPANY, NJ — A Parsippany man has been charged with attempted murder of a federal officer, as well as multiple narcotics and firearms offenses, following an armed standoff at his residence last week, federal authorities announced.Maloy Amador, 43, was charged by complaint with attempted murder ...
PARSIPPANY, NJ — A Parsippany man has been charged with attempted murder of a federal officer, as well as multiple narcotics and firearms offenses, following an armed standoff at his residence last week, federal authorities announced.Maloy Amador, 43, was charged by complaint with attempted murder ...
NEW JERSEY – As college students head back to campus for the Fall semester, the Philadelphia Field Office of the FBI has issued a warning for students to be aware of scams involving foreign government impersonators. The FBI said that since 2022 they have seen an increase of criminal actors ...
SAYREVILLE, NJ – The man convicted of murdering Councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour in 2023 will be spending his life behind bars.In June, a jury found Rashid Ali Bynum guilty of shooting and killing Eunice Dwumfour two years ago in her car at the La Mer townhouse community in Sayreville. He was sentenced ...
PARSIPPANY, NJ — A Parsippany man has been charged with attempted murder of a federal officer, as well as multiple narcotics and firearms offenses, following an armed standoff at his residence last week, federal authorities announced.Maloy Amador, 43, was charged by complaint with attempted murder ...
MILLBURN, NJ – According to a Millburn Township press release, Essex County Superior Court Judge Spencer ruled in favor of Millburn Township’s creation of a Special Improvement District (SID) in the Bear Properties case, which has been ongoing since late 2020. A spokesperson for the administration ...
NEWARK, NJ - U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver is requesting the dismissal of federal assault charges against her, claiming immunity from prosecution as a member of Congress and that she is the target of “selective and vindictive” prosecution by the government.Paul Fishman, a former U.S. Attorney who is ...
SOMERVILLE, N.J. - Four police officers were assaulted and injured during a scuffle with a suspect at the NJTRANSIT Somerville Train Station Friday afternoon, according to Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald.Derick Donel Lewis Jr., 35, a resident of Bridgeton, faces multiple charges, ...
SOMERVILLE, N.J. - Four police officers were assaulted and injured during a scuffle with a suspect at the NJTRANSIT Somerville Train Station Friday afternoon, according to Somerset County Prosecutor John P. McDonald.Derick Donel Lewis Jr., 35, a resident of Bridgeton, faces multiple charges, ...
NEWARK - U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver is requesting the dismissal of federal assault charges against her, claiming immunity from prosecution as a member of Congress and that she is the target of “selective and vindictive” prosecution by the government.Paul Fishman, a former U.S. Attorney who is ...
NEWARK, NJ - U.S. Rep. LaMonica McIver is requesting the dismissal of federal assault charges against her, claiming immunity from prosecution as a member of Congress and that she is the target of “selective and vindictive” prosecution by the government.Paul Fishman, a former U.S. Attorney who is ...